"Of course! I've heard it." "You've heard ?" remarked Mitchington.

"Um! Good health, sir!--heard, of course, that--" "That Braden called on Dr.Ransford not long before the accident, or murder, or whatever it was, happened," said Bryce.

"That's it--eh ?" "Something of that sort," agreed Mitchington.

"It's being said, anyway, that Braden was at Ransford's house, and presumably saw him, and that Ransford, accordingly, knows something about him which he hasn't told.
Now--what do you know?
Do you know if Ransford and Braden did meet that morning ?" "Not at Ransford's house, anyway," answered Bryce promptly.

"I can prove that.